Garment hanger



p 16, 1930. A. M. ADELSON 1,773,923

GARMENT HANGER Filed Aug. 2, 1927 InvenTor. Abraham M. Adelson Patented Sept. 16, 1930 srares were PATENT QFFICE GARMENT HANGER Application filed August 2, 1927'. Serial No. 210,157.

This invention relates to garment hangers, and has for its object to provide a novel garment hanger by which a dress may be securely supported. if

My improved garment hanger is provided with a supporting member having free ends on which the shoulder portions of a dress or other garment may be supported, and a retaining member arranged to cooperate with the supporting member in retaining the garment securely on the supporting member.

In order to give an understanding of my invention, I have illustrated in the drawing a selected embodiment thereof, which will now 1 be described, after which the novel features will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure l is a view illustrating my improved garment hanger and the manner in which it is used.

Figure 2 is a similar view with part broken out, showing the hanger with the retaining member raised, and with the supporting member in position to receive a garment.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 33 Fig. 1.

1 Figure 4- is a fragmentary sectional View showing the manner in which the retaining member is held in raised position.

My improved garment hanger comprises a supporting member having free ends 2 on which the shoulder portion of a garment may be supported. This supporting member 1 has rigid therewith an upstanding post 3, from which rises a hook member 4 by which the garment hanger may be suspended.

5 indicates a portion of the garment which is supported by the hanger, this garment being of the sleeveless variety; The garment is supported by the hanger in usual way by placing the shoulder portions 6 of the garment over the free ends 2 of the supporting menb ber.

One feature of my present invention relates to novel means for retaining the shoulder portions of the garmenton the supporting member 1. WVhere a garment of this style is hung on an ordinary garment supporter, the shoulder portions 6 are apt to slip off from the ends of the supporting arms.

My invention, however, provides means for preventing this, and this is accomplished by pro-riding a retaining member 7 which cooperates with the supporting member 1 to hold the shoulder portions of the garment in position on the arms of said supporting member. This retaining member 7 preferably has a shape similar to that of the supporting member 1, and it is slideably mounted in the post 8, so that it can be moved toward and from the supporting member 1. It is also acted upon by a spring which normally tends to carry it into operative position. Situated be tween the supporting member 1 and the retaining member 7 at the ends thereof are stops or spacers which serve to hold the supporting member and retaining member slightly separated when the retaining member is in operative position. These stops or spacers are indicated at 18, and they may be of felt or any other material, and may be secured either to the top edge of the supporting member, or to the bottom edge of the staining member. In either event, when the garment is placed on the hanger, the shoulder portions 6 thereof will be positioned inside of the stops or spacers 18, so that when the retainer is in its operative position, the shoulder portions of the garment will be loosely received in the space 19 between the supporting member and the retaining member. With this construction the shoulders of the garinent will be loosely supported on the supporting member without danger of being injured by any clamping pressure of the retain ing member, and the stops 18 which fill the space between the supporting member and the retaining member at the ends of the hanger, will prevent the shoulder portions of the garment from slipping off from the supporting member. I

As herein shown, the post 3 has a tubular formation, and it is provided with a transverse slot 8 through which the retainer member 7 extends. Said member has a pin 9 extending therethrough, the ends of which project into slots 10 formed in the tubular member 3. The slot 8 is of suflicient size to receive the retaining member freely, and both the slots 8 and 10 are of sufiicient length so that the retaining member can have considerable lUU ' movement toward 'and from the supporting of thepost 3.

member 1'.

' Situated within the tubular member. 3 is a spr ng 11 which bears at one end against the retaining member 7, and at the other end is backed by a' collar 12 which fills theupper end of the tubular member. This. spring 11,

therefore, tends to force the retaining member into clamping engagement with the stops 1'8 and yieldingly holds it in such position.

The retaining member 7 has a stem 13 securedw thereto and rising therefrom, which stem extends up through the collar 12. The supporting hook 4c is pivotally mounted onthis stem, as shown at 14%; The stem 13 projects J aidistance above the pivotal point 14:, as. shown at 15, and the shank of the hook- 4: eXtendsbelow the pivotal point 14 a slight distance, as shown at 16. The hook 4 not only formsfa means for suspending the gar ment hanger, butalso, because of its pivotal connection with stem 13, forms a means for raising the retaining member 7 into its elevated or open position, as, shown in Fig. 2, whenever a garment has to be placed on the hanger or removed therefrom. In using the device aperson may grasp the supporting member 1 or post 3with one hand, and pull upwardly on the hook 1 with the other, this operationraising the retaining member 7 into the'position shown in Fig 2, anclthereby compressing the spring 13,

When the retaining member has been thus raised, it may be retained in its raised position by swinging the hook member 4 down wa-rdly into a horizontal position, as shown in Fig.2, it being understood, of course, that I before this can be. done the retain ng member willhave to be raised sufliciently so that the pivotal point 1 L will be above the collarlQ When the hook member 4 has been thus swung downinto its horizontalposition, the shank thereof will lie across the top of the collar12, and will thus lock or retain the member-7 in its raised position against the action of the spring13. The ends 2 of the supporting memberv are now free to have a garment placed thereon, and if the garment is al dress,.or a garment of the type shown-in Fig. 1,,the ends 2 of the supporting-member will be inserted intojthe shoulder portions ofthe garment through the neck thereof. Afterthe garment has been hung on the supporting member 1, the member 7 is re:-

leased and is then allowed to move intoits operat ve position, as shown in Fig. 1, in

' which position it engages thestops 18. This release of the clamping member may be effected by simply swinging the Y hook 4: up: 1 wardly' until theishank 17'isparallelwithi the stem 13 and in linewith the opening in the collarlQ. Assoon as this position has been reached,the shank 17 of thehook "may,

' pass downwardlythrough the -col lar 12,.and

operative position.

the spring' ll will automatically move the is member 7 into its operative position. 7

It will thus be seen-that when a garment of the type shown in Fig. 1 is supported on the garment'hanger, the shoulder portions 6 of the garment will be freely received in the space l-9between the members 1 and 7, and the stops '18 will prevent'thesaid shoulder portions fromslipping off from the suppo-rting. member. Since the said shoulder portions are freely receivedin the space 19, there is no danger that even the most delicate fabric willbe injured by pressure of the member 7 "thereagainst.

My improved garment hanger can also be used-for supporting-a coat or :other garment in addition to a dress, for aftenafdress has;

been placed on thehangenas shown in Fig. 1, it is possible place a coat'or any other 7 dress 5,

, Ifclaim: v Y i V 1. In a garment hanger, the combination with a supportingmember. havingfree ends on which, a garmentmay be hung. by its shoulder portions, of a tubulanpostrising: from said supporting membeiya rigidre; taining. member for. retaining the. garment on thesupporting.membenand aflspring: en-. closed in. the post for yieldingly holding the retaining member in operative-positionQ 2. In a garment hanger, the combination with a supporting member having freeends standing tubular. slotted post rising fromithe v supporting, member,- a rlg d retain ng. :mem r ber extending through the slot of the post said. retaining memberand yieldingly liolding it in position; to lock.- the garment toothe v V supporting member,

3.-Ina garmenthanger,the combinationiyn'o with a supporting member; having free ends 1 on which a garmentmay be hung, .ofa tubular post r1s1ngfrom the (supporting member,

a retainingmember slideably mountedon said 7 post and adaptedto*retainqthe' garment. on. the supportingmember, and a spring situated withinthe. post and yieldinglyholdingthe retaining member in" operative position; 4. In a garmenthanger, thecomblnation with a supporting member-having freef endsf on which a garmentmaybe hungrof a tubular post rising from the supporting member.,-,' j i said post having a slot, a retaining. men'iber extending through said slot a'nd movable toward and I from said supporting member, '1 astem rising from :the retaining member; a; 1'

pp ti g "hook pivot d; to the stem, an a I Y springwithinthe. tubulaixpostj whichten lS I member yieldinglyj 111;;-

to hold the retaining w on which agarment maybe hung,of;anup

5. In a garment hanger, the combination wit-h a supporting member having free ends on which a garment may be hung, of a tubular post rising from the supporting member, said post having a slot, a retaining member extending through said slot and movable toward and from said supporting member, a stem rising from the retaining member, a supporting hook pivoted to the stem, and a spring within the tubular post which tends to hold the retaining member yieldingly in operative position, the pivotal point of the hook being so situated that it is above the post when the retaining member is raised, whereby the retaining member may be held in its raised position by turning the hook into a horizontal position in engagement with the top of the post.

6. In a garment hanger, the combination with a supporting member having free ends on which a garment may be hung by its shoulder portions, of a tubular post rising from the supporting member, a retaining member for retaining the garment on the supporting member, a spring enclosed within the post, and acting against the retaining member to hold it yieldingly in operative position, and a supporting hook connected to the retaining member.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ABRAHAM M. ADELSON. 

